NEWPORT – Educators say schools are serving more needs than ever before. The community schools philosophy leans into this broad understanding of the role of public schools. Tired kids don’t do their best learning. So when Samantha Stevens, community schools coordinator at the North Country Supervisory Union, finds out that[Read More…]
Ethan Weinstein, VTDigger
Education Spending Ticks Down
Montpelier – The latest data from the Vermont Agency of Education shows a small decrease in projected education spending and affirms previously anecdotal evidence on the major factors causing a projected increase in education property taxes. Health care costs, construction, special education, disappearing federal money and increased salaries are all[Read More…]
Lawmakers Consider Pushing Back School Budget Votes
MONTPELIER – Lawmakers are now talking about replacing a controversial cap on homestead property tax rates with a new tax “discount” that would apply only to districts losing tax capacity. “Five percent cap is over,” Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, said in a joint[Read More…]
Goddard College Will Move Entirely Online
PLAINFIELD – Goddard College will move to online-only education for at least a year, school leaders announced in a community letter on Friday. The Plainfield school has seen declining interest in in-person education, according to its leaders. The change, which will affect the Plainfield school’s fall 2024 and spring 2025[Read More…]
